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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Her eyes were filled with tears

A gentle soul

As our boat departed,

[after many days of repairs,

Penya's eyes were filled with tears... Three weeks before, [the tanker "Lady Cleo" crashed into our ship, [fifty miles outside of Rio. Two large tugboats towed us to the pier and the fact that our ship [needed major repairs, it was clear.. An extended stay in Rio de Janeiro, [a real gift. A crowd of girls who looked [like population shift, swarmed the boat [from the stern to the bow. It was incredible, [the sailors were constantly saying, "wow". A crowd of very poor girls [from the favelas most, ready to sell their love, [of which no one would boast.
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What first caught my attention was her voice.and this was the main reason for my choice !It was Penya, not a girl from Ipanema, [but from the favelas....A royal beauty she was, but of the shack dwellers, [not the palace,a prostitutewith extremelygentlesoul....For twenty days we did not apart, [whole days and nights, yes whole.I asked for a five-day leave, [and we left together on a tour. The modernist architecture ofBrasilia, [the capital,was alure.We traveled one thousand five hundred miles, [coming and going, straight line distance, 1200 miles, [if we had been on a Boing.

__________________On the day on which [the ship was leaving I gave her a huge amount believingthat this was what she wanted [from me more. I thought as everyone would think [for a whore.

"When I heard "anchor aweigh" [and the "engines full ahead", jaded I returned to my cabin to sleep in my bed.

The golden chain from her neck [was in the same drawer with all the money that I gave to her [shortly before...

* A gentle soul..... What comes to mind when I think of a gentle soul is someone who has no malice, wishes no ill-will on anyone, who is respectful and mindful of other people's feelings and is sensitive to the needs of others.

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